Hydraulic urinal

The maintenance worker was crushed while working on a 'telescopic urinal' at Cambridge Circus in the heart of the West End. | ITV News London.

“The brigade was called at 1.05pm. Firefighters are working with paramedics to affect a rescue. “LFB, LAS and London’s Air Ambulance are in attendance.

Emergency services tried to save the man, who has not been named, but he died at the scene on Friday. Ambulance crews, an air ambulance and firefighters ...

Four fire engines and around 25 firefighters from Soho, Euston and Dowgate fire stations were at the scene.” “He was left in the care of London Ambulance Service and was sadly pronounced dead at the scene. A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: “We’re sorry to have to update that, despite the efforts of emergency services, the man who was critically injured in Cambridge Circus was pronounced dead at the scene.

The telescopic urinal in London's West End is stored beneath the ground and brought to the street level at night.

They have been used in the capital for more than a decade. “The man is thought to have sustained crush injuries while working on a telescopic urinal at the location.” The man is thought to have been trapped below street level underneath the urinal.

An air ambulance landed in the middle of Leicester Square after reports of a man being 'seriously injured' when he became trapped underneath a hydraulic ...

We also dispatched London’s Air Ambulance. “We sent a number of resources to the scene, including an ambulance crew, members of our hazardous area response team (HART), members of our tactical response unit and a medic in a fast response car. The City of London police said in a statement: "Police were called at around 13:10hrs on Friday, 27 January, to a seriously injured man at Cambridge Circus, W1. [fire](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/fire) engines and 25 firefighters were also dispatched to the scene following reports of a person trapped. A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We were called today (27 January) at 1:05pm to reports of an incident on Shaftesbury Avenue, Charing Cross" [fire](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/fire) engines and 25 firefighters were also dispatched to the scene, with the rescue operation still said to be ongoing at 2.45pm as attempts to free him continued.

Multiple 999 crews were called out. Ambulance workers, an air ambulance and firefighters were sent in at 1.05pm. Metropolitan Police officers were called five ...

A London Fire Brigade spokesman said shortly after the incident: “Firefighters have been called to a person trapped on Charing Cross Road in central London. “The man trapped under street level under a hydraulic urinal on Cambridge Circus has been freed. We sent a number of resources to the scene, including an ambulance crew, members of our hazardous area response team (HART), members of our tactical response unit and a medic in a fast response car. A London Ambulance Service spokesman said in the initial aftermath of the incident: “We were called today at 1.05pm to reports of an incident on Shaftesbury Avenue, Charing Cross. Emergency services were called to the scene at Cambridge Circus in The man is thought to have sustained crush injuries while working on a telescopic urinal at the location.

Police, fire crews, paramedics and air ambulance workers were sent to the scene at 1.05pm.

His next of kin have been informed. Advertisement

The man had been working on the pop-up toilet, which is stored beneath the ground during the day.

Despite the efforts of emergency services he was pronounced dead, the Met Police said. The man's next of kin have been informed. Crews were sent to the scene at 13:05 GMT and the man was freed by 15:40.

Police, fire crews, paramedics and air ambulance workers were sent to the scene at 1.05pm.

His next of kin have been informed. Advertisement